How does a person who is directly involved in an abortion
atone. In that the CCC says that, if a person steals money, if
possible the money needs to be replaced. A life can not be
replaced nor does the person do 20+ years in prison (justice)
for taking an innocent human beings life.

I see many former abortionist saying what they did was
wrong and going around the country and telling why. To me
that is showmanship, atonement would be adopting kids and
working an an orphanage?

Paul

Answer by Judie Brown on 3/19/2013:

Paul

The question you raise is profound but you have to realize that
some of those
who go around the country speaking about their experience are
individuals who have had to deal with the reality of what they
actually did by choosing abortion and perhaps believe that by
doing what they have chosen to do they will open the eyes of
others to the horror of abortion. We do not know whether nor
not they are atoning and should not judge them.

There are those like Bernard
Nathanson, for example, who touched the lives of only God
knows how may by sharing his story. The path that he chose
led him to conversion
to Catholicism. This reminds me that God writes with crooked
pencils ... each of us are broken.

If you have the chance to read Dr. Nathanson's book, THE HAND
OF GOD, you will
see that indeed the sincere soul does atone, repent and serve
the will of God.